My compliments and... many thanks! Jacopo Longo, Roma ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Jerin <rjerin@adelphia.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: Re: R: [CROATIA-L] Pittsburg and St. Louis industries? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Kurchina" <frankur@worldnet.att.net> > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 8:25 AM > Subject: Re: R: [CROATIA-L] Pittsburg and St. Louis industries? > > > > > > > > jacopo longo wrote: > > > > > > Hello to everybody; > > > where should I check if I'd like to know something more about the > > > filological roots of the words 'slavonian' / 'schiavone-i' ? > > > and, as I was born in Italy, I'd like also to know why Italians hoped > > > Croatians would not rebel if they were called as 'Slavonians'... > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > > > Jacopo Longo, Italy > > > > > > Ciao > > > > The name Schiavoni appears in both Rome and Venice > > as place names and in Italy as a surname. > > > > Slavonian by definition can even be extended to mean Russian. > > > > http://www.slavism.com/basic.htm > > (I CUT PART OF YOUR MESSAGE JUST NOT TO MAKE IT TOO KiloBYTE-HEAVY J.L.)